Chapter 4
The team arrested three men accused of murdering a woman in an alley a few weeks later. It was the first murder in Tokyo in several months. Their trial was set for a week from then, but they never made it to the court house. The three prisoners died in their cells. All three...from heart attacks. Before dying, each prisoner wrote two words on their cell walls. One wrote "will shine", another had "once more", and the last had written "The Light" with his blood. The Light will shine once more
The investigators were speechless. "B-bu-but how?" was all Matsuda could say. "What does this mean? It couldn't possibly be..." he faded. "I'll call Near," Aisawa mumbled.
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Near wasn't the easiest person to get a hold of, but when Aisawa told him the news, he quickly made his way to Tokyo. He could not pass this up.
"This is certainly interesting." Near stated. Now 16, he was able to operate independently without the help of government agents.
"Could it be another Kira? Did Light have other followers?" Aisawa asked.
"That would seem to be the only logical explanation at the moment. There's not much we can do right now so we'll just have to wait..." "For more people to die?" Matsuda interrupted. "For more evidence," Near finished.
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More criminals began to die. There was not many to begin with, and few new ones were revealed on television, but the few that there were, died. Most of heart attacks, some of suicide, others by "accident". They all made some sort of reference to "The Light" just before dying, whether it be a suicide note, a prayer, or a last will and testament.
The investigators were stumped. "Maybe...maybe it's a ghost." Matsuda pondered. "Don't be ridiculous Matsuda!" Aisawa lashed. "No, a ghost is a plausible answer." Near said. "Who's to say ghosts don't exist? The same person that said shinigami don't exist?" No one said a word. The case was going nowhere fast.